kw1k

Well my AEM came with a water covor you put over the filter so it does not allow any water to get in it or w/e

lurch519

um, thats not a "water cover". its actually a cover to help keep the filter clean. ie, instead of bugs and such getting stuck to the filter, the get stuck to the cover, so you pull the cover off every so often and wash it, and replace.

LiL BenNy

1-10 how hard was the install?

also if i have and exhaust and high flow cat this is going to make it louder correct?

ddub

If you are mechanically inclined, its about a 2. If you aren't, it's about an 8. A quick reference for mechanically inclined is, if you REQUIRE someone else to put your exhaust on for you, not having someone do it because you are lazy but having them do it because you truly cannot, then you will probably have issues, just keep that in mind.

Intake does NOT make exhaust louder. It will make your intake sound louder but has nothing to do with exhaust note. The AEM at WOT in low gear screams like nuts, I was amazed how loud it was. Somewhat annoying after a while, but at low throttle its not bad at all, only WOT.

LiL BenNy

so with my set up do you think ill get a headache? lol i didnt install my exhaust.. didnt have the tools nor could i get under the car to do so...

i can build and assemble things well so i hope it wouldnt be hard... are the instructions good?

ps. just got a brand new one for a STEAL. 170shipped on ebay

ddub

Basic hand tools are needed, you have to remove the front bumper, and the instructions are fairly good. You'll also need one vacuum cap.

Like I said it is only loud at WOT... so unless you drive retardedly you wont notice most the time, especially with any kind of music or radio on.

LiL BenNy

lol ummm whats a vacuum cap?

ddub

A silicone or rubber cap that goes over a vacuum nipple to plug/block it. The air duct in the stock intake piping before the filter is eliminated with the AEM intake, so you need to cap the nipple that system hooks up to. Otherwise you'll have a vac leak.

RoXanneBlack8

how/ where do u get the cap? my gf's mazda 6 has an aem cai and we got a cap in the box when she got it
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kw1k

Oh you mean the little thing that goes over it to prevent dirt or water or w/e? right?

RoXanneBlack8

the primary reason for the cap is probably to hold vacuum. im wondering where u go to get one if it doesnt come in the kit
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LiL BenNy

now im wondering why AEM doenst include this if its needed.... can anyone tell me where i can find get one, size etc... the day i recieve it i wanna install it lol... by anychance do you know what step its at that i will need the vacuum cap? (and do the instructions tlel me i when/where to use this?)

ddub

Any auto parts store will carry them in silicone and rubber most likely. Get silicone. I did not receive a vacuum cap in my kit but maybe it was a mistake, who knows. It was in the instructions to put one on, though.

No, you're thinking of the stupid filter sock/cover. I'm talking about a VACUUM cap, it is to PLUG a nipple on the intake manifold that is normally feeding the VFAD thing to tell it when to open in the stock intake system. This is removed when you install the CAI and you need to cap that nipple.

Seriously, just think about it! Where do you get common car parts from? An auto parts store! Any you can think of, schucks/checkers/parts america/etc, napa, any local store most likely. These are very common things, I've bought tons of containers of these over the years for various projects and customer cars.

Maybe they do and mine was missing, or maybe they don't. Does it really matter that much? It's not a huge deal to take a drive to the auto parts store and spend a dollar or two on a container of 5-10 of them.

The size is like 2.7mm or 3.2mm, somewhere around there. There should be caps in the 3mm range. I just grabbed one that fit from my many containers of them. Just make sure its tight and doesn't slide off or anything. If you're really paranoid you can use a small ziptie to hold it on also, lots of boosted application cars actually do this for all of their vacuum lines and caps since their system is pressurized.

It's one of the last steps in the instructions. It has small pictures for every step but you should be able to find it. Since you have to take the vacuum line OFF the intake manifold in the first place, you'll know where the nipple is that you need to cap, or at least should.

If you really want I can snap a pic sometime of where this cap goes.

Bart!

can't you hydrolock the engine though?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

yes you can,
if you are stupid enough to drive through water deeper than the height of the air filter.

and????

beers

ddub

Generally rotaries do not hydrolock nearly as often or as easily as pistons, but they still can yes. Just very difficult, and if you're dumb enough to drive through something actually deep enough to completely submerg the filter, well then you deserve it.

LiL BenNy

hey ddub can you take that pic... i installed it but never got the cap on... and just want to clarify im doing it right...

ddub

Here are some pics of the nipple that I capped (blue silicone vac cap). I took a few from various angles/distances so hopefully you can figure out where this is located.

mikeb

do we have a sound clip of this intake yet?

RoXanneBlack8

see the first page for pics and a vid.

ddub i like your polished type intake, can u post a pic of the whole engine bay with the intake. i want the polished type and i want a visual. thanks
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mikeb

sounds good to me

ddub

LiL BenNy

thanks ddub i know where you're tlaking about now i just gotta figure out where the nipple goes lol

ddub

Stock a line is connected to it that runs to the ducting for the intake. It opens a little flapper to extend the intake length or whatever. Should be kinda obvious from when you removing stuff, it runs all along the stock box.

RoXanneBlack8

thats hot, yeam im totally gettin the polished one. all i gota do is wait for tomorrow night, thats when im ordering my rx8!
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